Lost!

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by katiesue

But maybe them getting on the plane the second time and landing sets time back so maybe the second crash doesn't happen or maybe the first doesn't exist. Not explaining myself well. Maybe no one misses them because in a reset reality they're not missing. Does that make sense?

I think the only answer that can be given right now is that we have no idea. Since the "flash sideways" story began, we've been kept in the dark about what is happening in the "real" timeline, whether that timeline even exists anymore, whether it ever existed. It's a complete unknown, they've given no clues in the show that would make any one answer more likely than another.